Aces Who Fired Berlin Fight Bushfires Here
CANBERRA, Wednesday.--Air aces who have started fires in Berlin have been putting out bushfires and spotting outbreaks in Australia…
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Coal Fires Cancel Futurity
MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Plans for autumn racing in Victoria were upset today when the V.A.T.C. Committee announced…
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PENDING full supply of knapsack spray pumps, a reserve of stirrup pumps has been established by the Bush Fires Advisory Committee and…
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Because he considers them likely to cause fires on railway and adjoining properties, the Commissioner for Railways…
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Pending full supply of knapsack [?]ay pumps, a reserve of stirrup [?]mps has been established by the [?] Fires Advisory Committee and…
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A scene in the Yass district showing fire-blackened pastures. Many good saves by local brigades were reported during the recent serious fires. Up-to-date fire-fighting equipment was used to advantage…
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MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The fire which started in the open-cut coalfield at Yallourn on Monday was extinguished today…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--It is feared that William McNair (50), an employee of Australian Paper Mills, may have lost his…
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MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Albert Green of Gembrook, was sentenced at Ferntree Gully Court today to a month's gaol for…
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LONDON, Friday.--After being attacked by German planes which caused a fire that raged alongside her cargo of 6500 tons…
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LONDON, Friday.--After being attacked by German planes which caused a fire that raged alongside her cargo of 6500 tons…
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OPEN CUT at Yallourn mine on fire. The light streaks show red-hot coal, and the black streaks show where water from automatic sprinklers at the top of the cut has put the fire out The fire, which has been burning since the early part of the week, is now under…
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TWELVE people have died as a result of the latest outbreak of bushfires in Victoria, and more than 100 others have either been treated or admitted to hospital. More than 100 homes wore destroyed in…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.— Four C.I.B. detectives have reached Yallourn to continue the investigation begun by local…
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CRYING OVER the charred remains of her home, this woman victim of the serious bushfires that have been raging…
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WILL the Federal or Victorian Governments take necessary precautions against devastating bush fires? The £6,000,000 estimated loss…
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WILL the Federal or Victorian Governments take necessary precautions against devastating bush fires? The £6,000,000 estimated loss…
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WILL the Federal or Victorian Governments take necessary precautions against devastating bush fires? The £6,000,000 estimated loss…
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WILL the Federal or Victorian vv Governments take necessary precautions against devastating bush fires? The £6,000,000 estimated loss…
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WILL the Federal or Victorian Governments take necessary precautions against devastating bush fires? The £6,000,000 estimated loss…
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